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Night photograph of a thatched-roof open pavilion with terracotta-red pillars decorated with white painted swirl motifs. Under the thatch, two men in white dhotis sit on the ground near a small sunken fire pit or hearth, one bent low and tending it. A large round woven bamboo basket or grain bin stands at right. Behind them a blue-framed doorway and a painted wall with a standing figure in red and white. Green shrubs with small purple flowers fill the lower left foreground.

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Night photograph of a rural village scene at a thatched-roof open pavilion with orange wooden pillars and a whitewashed wall decorated with painted figures and a red-and-white patterned dado. A street lamp stands beside a yellow bamboo railing. Inside the pavilion, a few people in white clothes sit and bend low on the ground, and a woman in a green sari sits at the right edge beside a hanging basket and a small light. The setting appears to be a rural camp or exhibition area with a lit pathway in the foreground.2010-09-26A village-style courtyard scene with a blue-painted wooden door, whitewashed wall with white kolam designs, and red and yellow painted bands on the earthen plinth. In the foreground a seated figure in a light blue shirt and white dhoti grinds grain on a stone quern with a wooden handle, with a potted green plant at lower left. Behind, a standing figure in a white shirt and white dhoti pulls a rope hanging from the wall. An orange-painted pillar stands at the left edge beneath a thatched roof. The figures appear to be sculpted or lifelike figures rather than clearly living people.2010-09-26Photo inside a rustic thatched hall with orange-ochre walls and a raised red-and-white painted platform decorated with white kolam designs. A seated man in white clothes sits on the platform beside a woven straw basket, with a wooden pillar in the foreground. At the right, another man in white sits low on the floor near baskets and a bowl. At the far left edge, an elderly woman in a pale yellow sari holds up a wooden board.2010-09-26A rustic village scene under a thatched roof, lit by a bare hanging bulb. Two women sit on woven mats grinding grain between stone querns; the woman at left wears a yellow sari with green border and bangles, and the woman at right wears an orange blouse and sari with bangles, holding a woven basket. Behind them two children sit on a wooden bench in front of a mud wall decorated with white kolam-style patterns and red painted borders. Bamboo fencing and foliage frame the scene. The figures appear to be lifelike wax or figure models in a village diorama, not living people.2010-02-03February 03 20102010-02-03 +1 copiesA night photograph under a thatched straw roof at an open-sided shelter with a white-washed wall decorated with brown and white geometric patterns and a red painted base band. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts work at metal vessels and a large clay pot on a raised red platform. One bare-chested man in a white dhoti stands at left near a yellow pillar, and another man stands at the right edge. Two men sit at ground level. A yellow bamboo railing runs across the foreground, and lights glow in the background.2010-09-26Inside a thatched-roof structure with white-washed walls and kolam designs painted on the ground and base, a painted deity murti in orange and green sari with raised hands rides a white animal mount, possibly a deer. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti sits cross-legged on the floor in front of a wooden tray holding tools and clay pieces, apparently at work. To the right, a doorway opens onto a shelf with smaller painted deity figures, including one seated on a golden lion-like mount and others on red-and-yellow stands. An orange pillar with white kolam patterns stands at left.2010-09-26December 12 20062006-12-12 +1 copiesVillagers sit on a raised concrete step beneath a thatched-roof house with pale green walls, eating from steel plates during an annadaan meal at Kuttiyankuppam village. A woman in an orange and pink saree on the left holds a steel vessel, while a young man in a white shirt and checked lungi sits beside a small child in a green shirt who holds a plate. Another woman in a purple blouse and yellow saree sits behind them with a steel pot, and an elderly woman in a red blouse and purple checked saree sits at the right, smiling. Bare feet, sandals and a plastic water bottle lie on the ground. No swami figure is visible.2012-01-06An elderly woman with grey hair pulled back walks through a dimly lit village courtyard at night, carrying a flat round woven basket on her head and supporting it with one raised hand. She wears a yellow and cream sari with a purple blouse and a beaded necklace, and holds a small bundle at her side. Beside a leafy tree, walls are painted in red and orange and decorated with white kolam line designs. A hanging lantern is visible above, and a man in white clothing sits on a raised red and orange platform at the right edge.2010-09-26A diorama-style village household scene at dusk under a bright bulb, with a mud-plastered wall decorated with white kolam patterns and a red painted base. Two adult women sit on a woven mat grinding grain: the woman on the left in a yellow-green sari presses a stone grinding wheel, while the woman on the right in an orange sari holds a flat tray. Behind them a boy and a girl sit on a wooden bench. These appear to be lifelike figures or statues rather than living people. A pair of large stone grinding stones lies in the foreground, and orange marigold garlands hang at the doorway.2010-02-03A dim thatched-roof interior with cinderblock walls and a wooden support pole. A figure in a long flowing orange-saffron cloth with long hair stands at left, and a second person in a white dhoti-style garment with a dark shoulder strap stands beside a stack of white bundles at right. Folded bedding and a rumpled blanket lie on a low platform at left. Light enters from gaps in the roof and walls.2006-11-23